# Kottageri Village, Virajpet, Kodagu (Karnataka) – PIN Code

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Village · Virajpet, Kodagu 

# Kottageri

Kottageri is a village in Virajpet sub-district of Kodagu district, Karnataka, PIN code **571219**. The 2011 Census counted **944 people in 289 households**, the 70th largest of 94 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 78.0%.

- 944people (2011)
- 289households
- 74.1%literacy
- 571219PIN code

## Kottageri PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Kottageri is 571219.** Kottageri falls in Virajpet sub-district, Kodagu district, Karnataka.

- PIN code571219
- Gram panchayatNittur
- Community development blockVirajpet
- Census village code618085

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Kottageri from nearby towns?

- Virajpet (sub-district HQ)43 km by road
- Madikeri (district HQ)70 km by road
- Virajpet (nearest town)43 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Kottageri?

16 services counted by the Census are inside Kottageri; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Family welfare centreIn village · 1
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Balele
- ○Degree college10+ km · Gonikoppal
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Gonikoppal
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water, hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)18 h summer · 16 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Kottageri known for?

The main crops are **paddy and pepper**. About 79% of the 863 hectares of village land is sown.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Kottageri

Of every 100 households in Kottageri in 2011, 82 had electricity, 72 a toilet at home and 39 cooked with LPG; 50 had a mobile phone, 21 a two-wheeler and 22 a car.

■ Kottageri · ■ Virajpet rural average

Electricity for lighting ****82%**

**79%

Toilet within the home ****72%**

**79%

No toilet (open defecation) ****28%**

**20%

Tap water ****29%**

**26%

Drinking water within premises ****74%**

**56%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****39%**

**25%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****61%**

**74%

Use banking services ****67%**

**61%

Television ****42%**

**54%

Mobile phone ****50%**

**53%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****21%**

**14%

Car / jeep / van ****22%**

**15%

None of these assets ****13%**

**15%

Own their home ****63%**

**60%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Kottageri?

■ Kottageri · ■ Virajpet rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.1%**

**78.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****975**

**1025

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1368**

**996

Working population ****52.6%**

**52.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.3% for men and 70.8% for women. 69% of men and 36% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 6 (1%) · **■** Other work 463 (93%) · **■** Marginal 28 (6%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Virajpet

- Ammathi1,047 people
- Balyamandur1,000 people
- Theralu979 people
- Kunda969 people
- Bellur935 people
- Bekke Sodlur912 people
- Bettakeri910 people
- Hathur882 people

[All 94 villages in Virajpet](https://wherepedia.org/india/karnataka/kodagu/virajpet/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Kottageri?571219
- How far is Kottageri from Madikeri?70 km by road
- What is the population of Kottageri?944 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kottageri in?Kodagu district (Virajpet sub-district), Karnataka
- What is the literacy rate of Kottageri?74.1% (Census 2011)